Until August <a href=" http://luisamartelo.com/index.php/help-on-personal-statement/#interposed ">research on writing</a> When the Mitchell Report was released in December 2007, many fans hoped that Rodriguez would be a baseball savior who would reclaim steroid-tainted records set during the 1990s and early 2000s, before MLB and the Players Association implemented a joint drug program that includes urine testing, blood testing for human growth hormone and 50-game suspensions for first time offenders. Instead, the now-disgraced superstar joins other players — including Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Mark McGwire — who seriously damaged their chances for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame because of their ties to doping.